-There was a huge shortage on housing
-The nation devoted a lot towards housing
-Central heating was not used often
-There were brutal conditions to live in
-Springs and rivers were commonly relied on for drinking water
-Health conditions improved greatly after
World War 2
-For the most part, Cholera was
controlled
-Hospitals provide treatment for the poor and welfare was administered a lot
-There was no malaria
-However, the country is short on medical staff
- Constitution before revolution
- Iran is a unitary Islamic republic
- It has one legislative house
- Constitution in 1979
- Put into place a mixed system
of government, in which the executive, parliament, and judiciary are overseen by several bodies dominated by the clergy
-Leaders have four year terms
-Rulers can be impeached with 2/3 votes
- There was a council that helped rule. Similar to democracy
-Leader was elected into office
-The council of guardians created laws
-Shi'ism was the most practiced religion throughout religion
-Most Iranians were Muslim
-Sunni Muslims were mostly Kurds and Turkmen
-Christianity and Judaism were not practiced by many
-There were no religious social classes
-Persian was dominant language
-Armenian is the minority
-One fourth of language that was spoken was Turkic
-Small percentage speaks Arabic
- Iran was culturally diverse
- 4 out of 5 men and 2 out of three women were literate
- School was mandatory for children 6- 11
- Predominant ethnic groups spoke Persian
- Mixed elements of Persian ancestry are Turkish, Arab, Kurds, Baloch, Bakhty?r? , Lurs, and other smaller minorities
- Coeducational schools
- Largest Turkish group was the Azerbaijani
- Many were also descendents of Aryan tribes
- University of Tehran founded in 1934
- Shortage of teachers led government to encourage students to study abroad
- Overall, enrollment numbers fell, but the numbers of women’s admissions had skyrocketed
- 2000 more than half of the students enrolled were women
- Not all schools had to promote Islamic values